Cancer - September 2020 Archives

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 54-year-old sister was diagnosed recently with early-stage endometrial cancer. She only went to the doctor because she had bleeding between menstrual cycles. ...

The flu is a viral respiratory infection that can cause serious complications or death. Having cancer, being treated for cancer or being a cancer survivor all increase ...

A team of researchers led by Mayo Clinic and the Translational Genomics Research Institute has identified specific potential therapeutic targets for the most aggressive and ...

Imagine going to the hospital to have basal cell skin cancer removed from your face, only to learn it had spread so aggressively that your ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute is the first to examine the opinions and experiences of clinical ...

On the Mayo Clinic Radio program, Dr. Jennifer Martinez-Thompson, a Mayo Clinic neurologist, discusses diagnosis and treatment options for Lou Gehrig's disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...

Advancements in microsurgery are making it possible to harness the body’s healing power to regenerate muscle strength after some cancer surgeries, particularly surgery to remove soft ...

Endometrial cancer, which begins in the uterus within the layer of cells that form the uterine lining, has been on the rise over the past ...

Prostate cancer will affect 1 in 9 men, according to the American Cancer Society. After skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in ...

Cervical dysplasia is a term that can be reported on a Pap smear result. It indicates that abnormal cells were found on the surface of ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A woman I work with was diagnosed with ovarian cancer two years ago at 60. She reportedly was having a lot of ...

Cancer diagnoses have decreased since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to a recent study in JAMA. On the Mayo Clinic Radio program,  Dr. Nabil Wasif, a Mayo Clinic surgical oncologist, ...